Leoch Technology International Limited (the "Company") and its board of directors (the"Board") noted that there were mass media reports on the suspension of production operations of the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiaries, Shenzhen Leoch Battery Technology Co., Ltd. ("Shenzhen Leoch") and Dongguan Leoch Battery Technology Co.,Ltd. ("Dongguan Leoch").
The Board would like to clarify as follows:
1. Shenzhen Leoch and Dongguan Leoch suspended their production operations in accordance with requests of the local environmental protection departments to conduct self-examination and enhancement of their production plants. Shenzhen Leoch and Dongguan Leoch have already completed the relevant self-examination and enhancement and will report to the local environmental protection department for approval andresumption of operations as soon as possible.
2 Shenzhen Leoch and Dongguan Leoch are both wholly-owned subsidiaries of the Company engaged in the assembly of lead-acid batteries. The processing capacity of the assembly production plants of Shenzhen Leoch and Dongguan Leoch accounted only for a relatively small amount of approximately 3.5 per cent of the Company' total production capacity.
3. The production and assembly materials used in the assembly production plants are supplied by other subsidiaries of the Company. Since the processing capacity of the assembly production plants of Shenzhen Leoch and Dongguan Leoch accounted only for a relatively small amount of the Company' total production capacity, the production plants of the Company's other subsidiaries are capable to compensate their assembling capacity during their suspension of production operations.The Board is closely following up and monitoring the above-mentioned suspensions of production operations and will provide updated information to the Company's shareholders in accordance with the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited in due course.
Shareholders of the Company and potential investors are advised to exercise caution in dealing in the shares of the Company.